News

Two new awards for the Imola plant

At the European EMAS Awards 2011 the Imola cogeneration plant, which underwent EMAS registration this year, was a nominee in the large private organisations category, the only Italian representative among the 6 major European companies. The Commission explained that their choice of Hera stemmed from the company's positive approach to involving its stakeholders and employees, with specific reference to the Residential Advisory Boards (RAB). Recognition confirmed during the national Emas-Ecolabel EU forum in Rome on 12 December where the Ecolabel-Ecoaudit Committee award Hera a special prize for the "special commitment demonstrated towards involving stakeholders", in reference to the Residential Advisory Boards (RAB).

19/12/2011

HerAcademy: the Hera Group corporate university

The Hera Group recently embarked on a research project aimed at developing a corporate university with the contributions of important local academic institutions and the involvement of relevant stakeholders. The HerAcademy project, presented on 15 December in Bologna, forms part of a project in which training plays a key role. With this project Hera, long committed to enhancing the expertise of its employees, continues to invest in human capital in order to maintain and enhance the quality of the services it supplies its customers.

02/12/2011

When paper is recycled in prison

The artisanal MANOLIBERA paper mill was opened in Forlì prison: using paper and cardboard prisoners will make artistic handmade items, writing paper and various products to be sold to organisations, institutions, shops and bookshops. The project was launched by Hera in association with professional training cooperative company Techne, Consorzio Nazionale Recupero e Riciclo degli Imballaggi a base Cellulosica (COMIECO) and the CILS cooperative of Cesena. The workshop, headed by an artist and a paper master, involves around 10 prisoners who since January 2011 have participated in the first phase of a project dedicated to learning processing techniques.

November

30/11/2011

Recognition for Hera at Webranking Awards 2011

In the KWD Webranking 2011 Italia Top 100, the annual study that evaluates the quality of the online corporate communications of the 101 biggest Italian companies in terms of capitalisation, there was once again recognition for Hera which, with 85.5 points, came in third place, preceded only by the giants of Eni and Telecom. An extremely satisfying result, well above the Italian average, which was under 37 points. The Italian edition is part of a broader study at international level which this year examined over 950 companies. The award ceremony was held in Milan, at the offices of the Corriere della Sera, on 28 November.

24/11/2011

VolontariHeraPer... National Food Collection Day

On Saturday 26 November, around 70 Hera volunteers will flank Banco Alimentare in shopping centres in the biggest towns in Italy to collect food to donate to the needy: the company and workers together to offer concrete support. In the region the Day is organised and managed by Fondazione Banco Alimentare Emilia-Romagna: Hera volunteers will be present in nine towns (Bologna, Cesena, Faenza, Ferrara, Forlì, Imola, Modena, Ravenna, Rimini) at stands set up in major shopping centres with the aim of appealing to as many people as possible to think also of the more needy when doing the shopping. And in Bologna 20 employees will be solely responsible for managing the stand at a supermarket in via Giuriolo.

Hera is the Italian multi-utility that improves every day, with regard to the environment, the quality of its waste management, water and energy services through strong links in the area in which it operates and the capacity for innovation